Shield Armour Level Where Requirement Isnt Met

I know that if you equip a shield where you dont meet the requirement you gain half of its armour level ie armour 16 req 9 strength shield equiped by a caster = effective armour 8.

But my question is if the armour level is an odd number before it is halved is it rounded down or up.

From limited tests is seems to be up, but I have been told conflicting things. I hoped some of you gw addicts could help here!

Maybe guildwiki has the answer you are looking for http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Main_Page

Its not half of the armor of the shield, if you dont meet the req of any weapon/focus/shield you will get the starter lvl, for shields that is 8.

So a armor 13 or armor 9 shield will both give you 8 armor if you dont meet the req.

Wiki states: Any profession can equip shields, but most shields have requirements for a minimum rank in the warrior's Tactics or Strength or the paragon's Motivation or Command attributes ranging from 0 to 13. Without meeting that requirement, the Armor used is half of the normal Armor value.

So I'm still unsure over the half value of an odd numbered shield !

Almost. This is true for every weapon and focus item exept shields.

Arg , i got confused with this part :
All shields (assuming maximum stats) will give 8 Armor to characters that do not meet the attribute requirement

I didnt see the "assuming max stats" , anyways who is gonna use a non max shield anyways :P

I have casters that use non max shields in pre searing, this is why I wondered if the armour level that was there is rounded up or down.

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